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NASA's Orion Spacecraft Powers through First Integrated System Testing
Apr 16, 2014 (SPX)
NASA's Orion spacecraft has proven its mettle in a test designed to determine the spacecraft's readiness for its first flight test -- Exploration Flight Test-1 ...
Minorities on display in Chinese tourist boom
Apr 15, 2014 (AFP)
Marching in dragon dances, cheering on buffalo fights, singing folk songs with villagers, an enamoured traveller ticked off the sights during a three-week tour ...
Veggie Will Expand Fresh Food Production on ISS
Apr 11, 2014 (SPX)
A plant growth chamber bound for the International Space Station inside the Dragon capsule on the SpaceX-3 resupply mission may help expand in-orbit food produc...
Reporters See NASA's Latest High Tech Exploration Tool Before Testing
Apr 11, 2014 (SPX)
On April 9 reporters got a chance to don "bunny suits" (protective apparel that sometimes makes people look like large rabbits) and enter a NASA clean room at t...
Recycling astronaut urine for energy and drinking water
Apr 11, 2014 (SPX)
On the less glamorous side of space exploration, there's the more practical problem of waste - in particular, what to do with astronaut pee. But rather than eje...
New Catalog Brings NASA Software Down to Earth
Apr 08, 2014 (SPX)
From the rudimentary but effective Apollo Guidance and Navigation System that landed the first humans on the lunar landscape to the code used to manage robotic ...
Orion Avionics System Ready for First Test Flight
Apr 08, 2014 (SPX)
Testing of the Orion spacecraft's avionics system has concluded at the Lockheed Martin Operations and Checkout facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Afte...
Using ethic frameworks for decisions about health standards on long duration spaceflights
Apr 04, 2014 (SPX)
NASA should use an ethics framework when deciding whether, and under what conditions, spaceflights that venture outside low Earth orbit or extend beyond 30 days...
China, Asia-Pacific, will power world tourism: survey
Apr 02, 2014 (AFP)
The Asia-Pacific region, led by China, will be the main force driving world tourism in the next 10 years, a consultancy survey forecast on Wednesday. The touris...
NASA suspends Russia ties, except on space station
Apr 02, 2014 (AFP)
NASA has cut all contacts with Russia except for cooperation aboard the International Space Station, according to an internal memo obtained by the online news s...
NASA Marks Major Milestone for Spaceport of the Future
Mar 31, 2014 (SPX)
NASA achieved a major milestone this month in its effort to transform the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida into a multi-user spaceport by successfully c...
High School 'Final Five' Compete for Out-of-This-World Test on Orion
Mar 31, 2014 (SPX)
Five teams of high school student engineers have made it to the final round in a competition to build and test designs for radiation shields for NASA's new Orio...
NASA Seeks Collaborative Partnerships With Commercial Space
Mar 26, 2014 (SPX)
Building on the success of NASA's commercial spaceflight initiatives, agency officials announced Monday plans to solicit proposals from U.S. private enterprises...
The NASA Z-2 Spacesuit Design Vote
Mar 26, 2014 (SPX)
NASA's Z-2 Suit is the newest prototype in its next-generation spacesuit platform, the Z-series. As a follow-up to the previous Z-1 suit, which was named one of...
US more dependent on Russia in space, than Russia on US - NASA
Mar 25, 2014 (Voice of Russia)
The United States in the space area is more dependent on Russia than Russia on the United States, John Logsdon, an American scientist, a member of the NASA Advi...
E3-production - sustainable manufacturing
Mar 25, 2014 (SPX)
Industrial manufacturing is pivotal to Germany's prosperity. Not only does manufacturing account for a quarter of GDP, it provides a third of jobs as well. Yet ...
You've got mail: Clinton-to-space laptop up for auction
Mar 24, 2014 (AFP)
A more than 15-year old laptop doesn't go for much on eBay -- unless it's the one Bill Clinton used to send the first ever US presidential email. The still-func...
TED turns 30 with new chapter of 'ideas worth spreading'
Mar 22, 2014 (AFP)
TED turns 30 years old with a mind-sizzling mix of intrigue, wonder and passion in the renowned gathering's new home in Canada. A conference born in California ...
Startup scene flourishes in US capital
Mar 20, 2014 (AFP)
In a large warehouse-type office, software coders work on apps, as "angel" investors and mentors help budding entrepreneurs figure out strategy for their startu...
Astronauts train at Maxwell
Mar 19, 2014 (SPX)
To prepare for the rigors and dangers of space travel, astronauts attend different training scenarios at facilities all over the world. Some are highly speciali...
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